Balaji Telefilms, FCS Soft & HT Media Q4 results

CORPORATE SCORECARD

Balaji Telefilms net up 61% at Rs 15.5 cr

Balaji Telefilms posted 60.70 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 15.50 crore for the quarter ended March 2006 as compared with Rs 9.64 crore for the corresponding quarter in the previous year.

Net sales was up by 41.33 per cent to Rs 77 crore for the quarter as compared with Rs 54.41 crore in the year-ago period.

For the full year ended March 2006, the company posted 4 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 59.64 crore compared with Rs 57.41 crore in the previous financial year. Net sales was 50.76 per cent higher at Rs 280.37 crore for the year from Rs 186 crore last year. The company registered EPS of Rs 9.15 for the year.

FCS Soft net profit up 117% at Rs 3.32 crore

FCS Software Solutions, a software development and IT consulting company, declared 117 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit to Rs 3.32 crore for the quarter ended March 2006.

Total revenue in the quarter rose to Rs 32.23 crore, up 43 per cent over the corresponding period last year. For the financial year ended March 2006, the company's total revenue was at Rs 115.83 crore and net profit at Rs 14.8 crore.

Its board of directors recommended a final dividend of 15 per cent and with 10 per cent interim dividend, it cumulates to 25 per cent for the full year.

HT Media net profit at Rs 3.17 crore

HT Media posted net profit of Rs 3.17 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2006. Net sales stood at Rs 221.85 crore for the quarter ended March 2006. Since the company is publishing results for the first time after its IPO last year, the comparable numbers for the previous year are not available.

For the full year ended March 2006, net profit stood at Rs 37.27 crore and net sales at Rs 821 crore. Earning per share of Rs 8.27 for the year. The company has recommended dividend of Re 1 on the 1 per cent non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of Rs 100 each and Rs 1.20 per share on the equity shares of Rs 10 each.